Material Cost Improvement Senior Engineer

As a Material Cost Improvement Senior Engineer on our team, you’ll have the opportunity to innovate new electrical and mechanical design across multiple products that will positively impact the material performance of our company.

YOUR ROLE

• Innovate design of new circuits and building blocks on current existing products with focus on savings and introduction of new concepts and ideas
• Work with customer teams and our supplier community to pick new components in the new innovative designs
• Work with simulation teams on reviewing cost savings design to prove their effectiveness and affordability
• Understand the MCIP targets for the next three years and create electrical design targets that supports our business targets
• Understand and follow Product Development Design process in association with program teams and ensure we have aggressive plans to achieve our design savings
• Work closely with current project teams to identify innovative design ideas and bring them back to current products
• Work in tandem with Idea Generation team on selection of new components
• Be an active member of supplier cost reviews and provide guidance to the category teams
• Work with Engineering CAD teams on the new design initiatives to enable and optimize design layouts
• Design new circuits building blocks that can replace existing older designs
• Commonize components across circuits to provide additional volume for savings negotiations

YOUR BACKGROUND

Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:

• Engineering Degree in Electrical, Electronics or similar
• Master Degree in Electrical, Electronics or similar
• Experience in designing and testing complex digital and analog circuits with particular focus on microcontroller devices, power analog and digital circuits and signal measurement
• Experience in electronics design for EMI/EMC compliance
• In-depth theoretical and practical knowledge of electrical and electronics design
• Self driven to innovate new designs and focus on cost savings
• Practical skills in CAD and simulation tools
• Good English skills (both spoken and written)
• Ability to summarize and communicate varied data in a concise way
• Team oriented
• Ability to work with teams across the region and in a matrix organization
• Ability to work independently and highly motivated on design cost savings

Why join us?

• You grow at Aptiv. Aptiv's winning culture is global by design. We bring together diverse perspectives, cultures, and business contexts to solve our customers' toughest challenges. In this environment, every individual can grow, lead, and make an impact, regardless of background, because inclusion fuels how we innovate and win.

• You make an impact at Aptiv. One of the strengths of humanity is our drive to progress, to improve, to achieve more tomorrow than we did yesterday. People need solutions they can trust when it matters most. At Aptiv, you are building those solutions every day.

• You have support at Aptiv. We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family, your physical health, and your mental health with a competitive benefits package

Your Benefits at Aptiv:

• Private health care (Signal Iduna) and Life insurance for you and your beloved ones
• Well-Being Program that includes regular webinars, workshops, and networking events
• Hybrid work (min. 47 days/yr of remote work, flexible working hours)
• Employee Pension Plan paid by the employer (you get + 3,5% on each gross salary.
• Access to sports groups and Multisport card

Meet the Next Generation Aptiv

At Aptiv, we deliver innovative solutions that people trust when it matters most.

Progress is never static. It is about reaching further, exploring new possibilities, and enabling mobility. Aptiv empowers customers to create solutions people rely on-advancing safety and autonomy in Automotive and Commercial Vehicles, enabling mission-critical performance in Aerospace & Defense, and powering intelligent systems across Energy, Enterprise, and Telecommunications. We also drive precision and efficiency in Industrials & Robotics and support life-critical innovation in Medical technologies.

Guided by our winning culture and values to Think & Act Like Owners, as One Team, and Play to Win, we turn commitment into results and achieve more together.

Join Us to Deliver Innovative Solutions That People Trust!

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